Leading up to the release of “NIGHTED Life 9: Gone” on March
1st, we’re posting one interview a day with each contributor. In this zine, 8 shooters
respond with photos and writing to one of three questions.What’s the closest
you’ve ever come to dying?What do you want done
with your body when you die?Which death has had
the biggest impact on your life and why?

1. Without going into detail, can you share which
question you decided to answer for NL9? ‘What do you want done
with your body when you die and why?’

2. What do you remember about growing up in Detroit in
the 90s?I grew up in a small
suburb outside of the city. There wasn’t much happening around there, but I
remember when Eminem released his first album I saw kids all over the place
dying their hair blond and dressing up like him. It was really strange and a
handful of people claimed to be his cousin on the daily. There was a gated
community filled with mansions where Kid Rock and Eminem both had a house. On Halloween
we’d jump over the fence and hit up those places. I remember getting a $5 bill
instead of candy.It wasn’t until the
early 2000s that I found the warehouse parties in downtown Detroit and I was
lucky enough to go to DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) while it was
still free. I used to see police officers breakdancing to street DJs while
thousands of people a couple hundred feet away were all smoking up. Just being
in the city during that time would give you a contact high. Those days are done
though. It’s all corporate now.

3. How did you find yourself residing in Bangkok,
Thailand?To make a long story
short, I met a girl in NYC. We moved here together. Things didn’t work out but
I stayed anyway. It’s been 5 years now! Life’s crazy.

4. What, if any, differences have you found between
Western and Eastern attitudes towards death?When you see 6 kids
crammed onto a motorcycle with their dad and he’s the only one wearing a
helmet, you realize they don’t give a fuck. In Thailand, a great deal of people
are trying to “make merit.” It’s essentially an after death point card of good
deeds. They spend more time preparing for the afterlife than living the one
they’ve currently got. In the west, we spend too much time trying to prevent
our death, all these detox health trends and attempting to live forever. Death
is part of life; it’s surprising that the Western world has such a hard time
accepting that.

5. In 10 words or less, what do you think truly – as far
as you can explain or imagine – happens to a person after death?1s and 0s until
we’re downloaded into another meat bagInstagram: @falsedigital